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Reasons for
                                                                                                                                                 Actual       Deviation                                             revisions to
                                                                                    Audited      Audited                            Planned      Achievement  from planned                                          the Outputs/
                                                                                    Actual       Actual                             Annual       2023/2024    target to Actual                                      Output
                                                                                    Performance  Performance                        Target       until date of   Achievement                                        indicators/
             No.  Outcome            Output          No.    Output indicator        2021/2022    2022/2023                          2023/2024    re-tabling*  2023/2024      Reasons for deviations                 Annual Targets
             Programme 5 – Research Translation
             5.1  To facilitate the   Local or       5.1.1  Number of local or      58           120                                6            231          225            SAMRC is a world-renowned science council,    No revision
                  translation of health   international    international policies,                                                                                           and its researchers are invariably approached
                  research           policies, reports     reports and guidelines that                                                                                       for scientific input into finding solutions for
                                     and guidelines        reference SAMRC research                                                                                          health issues, which led to overperformance.
                                     that reference                                                                                                                          This overperformance indicates that SAMRC
                                     SAMRC research                                                                                                                          plays a role in research translation by producing
                                                                                                                                                                             these documents that inform health policies
                                                                                                                                                                             and practices.
                                     Reports and     5.1.2  Number of reports and   64           68                                 7            41           34             SAMRC is a world-renowned science council    No revision
                                     guidelines            guidelines (co)produced by the                                                                                    and its researchers were highly involved in
                                     produced by           SAMRC intramural researchers                                                                                      production of reports and guidelines, hence
                                     SAMRC intramural                                                                                                                        the target is exceeded. This overperformance
                                     authors                                                                                                                                 indicates that SAMRC plays a role in research
                                                                                                                                                                             translation by producing these documents
                                                                                                                                                                             that inform health policies and practices.
                                     SAMRC researchers   5.1.3  Number of national or   96       205                                50           202          152            SAMRC researchers are well sought after for    No revision
                                     invited/serving       international bodies/                                                                                             their scientific expertise. This is evident in the
                                     on national and       committees that SAMRC                                                                                             number of committees and bodies that staff
                                     international         employees serve on                                                                                                serve on. This overperformance indicates that
                                     bodies/committees                                                                                                                       SAMRC researchers are good national and
                                                                                                                                                                             international “citizens”, and they play a
                                                                                                                                                                             role in research translation.
                                     SAMRC supported   5.1.4  Number of conferences,   72        73                                 10           92           82             SAMRC supported and hosted more meetings   No revision
                                     conferences,          seminars and continuing                                                                                           and workshops than projected, hence the target
                                     seminars and          development points workshops                                                                                      is exceeded. This overperformance indicates that
                                     CPD workshops         supported by the SAMRC                                                                                            SAMRC plays a role in research translation by
                                                                                                                                                                             hosting and supporting these engagements.

            * As agreed with NDOH, SAMRC APP 2023/24 was not re-tabled






































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